An Alamitos Bay Home Fuses Long Beach Scenery with Italian and French Aesthetics
More often than not, opening a person’s front door leads guests into a living room or a hallway. But at the Long Beach home owned by Charlie and Karen Brennan, visitors are transported to the Venetian Grand Canal before making their way across Italian and French countrysides. Metaphorically speaking, of course.Read More >>

Have you ever noticed something out of the blue, that you’ve passed by every day for weeks or months or even years? And then, just from that one moment of awakening, seen others like it everywhere? Sometimes it’s like that with cars – say a really sporty looking coupe catches your eye one day. Suddenly, in the days that follow, you’d swear there had been a boom in sales of that model because they’re everywhere – it’s like they’re just coming out of the woodwork.Read More >>

In my well-worn copy of Barlett’s Familiar Quotations, there are no less than 221 entries presented under the word “home”. To be sure, it probably comes up again and again elsewhere in the book, but other than some of those big mega-star words like “life” and “love”, “home” looks like it’s pretty high on the list.Read More >>

Whether it’s burning buildings or threats to the community, Dave Ellis has dedicated his career to keeping others safe. Since his appointment in 2004, the Long Beach Fire Chief has made it his top priority to ensure that his firefighters have the latest tools in technology, training and equipment.Read More >>